Answer to Question #212 in Geometry for addison

2010-05-31T09:13:54-0400

Question #212

There are three pucks on a plane A, B and C. Hockey player hits one of the pucks in such a way that it went between two other pucks and stopped at some point. Is it possible for pucks to return on its initial place after 25 hits?

Expert's answer

2010-05-31T11:13:41-0400

No, it is not. After every hit the orientation (that is the way of roundabout way) of triangle ABC changes.